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Your family should agree on a place to meet if there is a fire, so you will know if
everyone got out of the house safely. A meeting place could be the mail box, a tree or
bush not too close to the house, or even a neighbor’s house.
To be prepared to escape a fire, these are some things to practice, and remember.
If you are in a room with the door closed and you smell smoke, don’t open the door. A
fire’s heat and smoke rise, so place the back of your hand as high up on the door as
you can. Don’t touch the metal doorknob. Metal conducts heat, and the knob could
burn your hand. If you feel no heat on the door, it’s okay to open it, but if the door feels
warm, there is fire on the other side; look for another way out of the room.
If you need to escape through a ground level window, open it carefully and climb out. If
the window is on the second floor or higher, and you don’t have a fire escape or rope
ladder, go to your window and open it, then push the screen out. Hang a bed sheet out
the window to signal firefighters, and yell for help.
If you are awakened by your smoke alarm and your bedroom is full of smoke, get down
on the floor and crawl to the nearest exit.
Smoke rises, so you have one to two feet of breathing room close to the floor, a space
called the safety zone. Practice crawling on the floor in the safety zone with your family.
It is not safe to phone from a burning building; you might be overcome by fire or smoke
from the fire, the phone may not even be working. Get out of the house! Go to your
family’s meeting place; then go to a neighbor’s home and call 911. If you have a
portable phone you can use that to call too.
Never use an elevator during a fire emergency. Use the stairs or a fire escape. If you
are trapped in a burning building, go to a window and wave a white cloth or flashlight, so
the firemen can see you.
Remember to review these safety tips and practice your escape plan with your family at
least twice a year. Be safe. Safety
is cool!
Song: I’m A Cool Kid!
Alright
Do you want to be cool?
I’ll tell you how
Right now.
What do you do
With a friend like me?
Put one in every room—
You may need
Two or three.